Aristotle (c. 384-322 BCE), in his influential text, The Politics, wrote about different types of governments and state constitutions, as well as what he...
Pope Innocent VIII (r. 1484-1492) was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church when Jacob (or James) Sprenger and Heinrich (or Henry) Kramer began formulating...
In this narrated video essay, we present the absolute cheesiest tale about Charlemagne (r. 768-814) that was recorded by the medieval monk and historian,...
Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855)
"The sectarians deafen one another with their noise and clamor, keep anxiety away with their screeching."
From Soren Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling...
This painting, attributed to the Italian artist Antonio da Vendri (16th century), draws inspiration from the ancient Greek mythological tale of the Judgment of...
Jorge Luis Borges (Argentine author, c. 1899-1986)
"There's no need to build a labyrinth when the entire universe is one."
From Ibn-Hakam al-Bokhari, Murdered in...
Euripides (c. 485-406 BCE) was an Athenian poet and playwright. Judged one of the best dramatists of ancient Athens—alongside Aeschylus (c. 525-456 BCE) and Sophocles...
